Varsity Volleyball

Thanks to Mom's encouragement, Rachael and I both showed up last night for our first CHA Varsity Volleyball game in years! ❤  It was fun getting to sit and chat with Mom and Rach, noting several children of alumni who were in school with me and Rachael.

Here's the Jaceman casually chatting with the older boys... a confident quality that will serve him well in the future, but may need to be toned down for a minute for the sake of his high school brothers. lol

Volleyball was such a large part of my high school years!  (*Watching* volleyball games, to be clear! lol)  So being there brought back lots of fun memories.  The CHA girls are really good this year, and they were playing a team that was a fairly even match.  I love watching close games where the players on both sides are excellent and fiercely competitive -- they have to win 3 out of 5, and CHA won it in game 4 - yay!  I love the whole team spirit and camaraderie of sports, seeing them come together and cheer each other on!!

I love that the high school boys are super into it this year, coming to support them and being very vocal in their creative chants and cheers!  Mom said they've been at every game, always the loudest in the crowd, and I love that - that was not the case back in my CHA days, but it always should be!  They were funny and fun and supportive, and it made me happy to see that!

Hopefully this wall will be full and starting on layer 3 by the time Kyndal Faith is playing for their varsity team! =)

It makes me happy that two of the starting six are sisters, and their cousin is also a starter!

This year's team is pretty good, but for me, there will never be a team that compares to CHA's 1999 girls, so shoutout to that starting six:  Julie Amber Methvin, Carla Copeland, Ashley Roberts, Elizabeth Dugan, Marahl Blough, and Christina Barlow!!  So fantastic!  Mom and I pulled together the first ever "Senior Night" to honor them, and we were in charge of the decor and planning for that the next three years as well.  I would love to see a video of one of their games now. =)  It's why I became the team manager the next three years (to join the team for every practice, game, pep talk, and Tri-State Tournament).  No regrets... fun times!!  I honestly love and appreciate the whole vibe of team sports (minus some of the overzealous parents), but it was definitely for the best that I was on the sidelines.  Even watching last night, I was thinking it would be such a total nightmare for me to be a blocker whose job is to move toward the ball with my hands up high and my face completely unprotected rather than ducking and covering when a girl a couple feet away spikes it as hard as she can.  NOOOO, THANK YOU.  Pretty sure I would fail in that role every time. lol  But kudos to those who do it well - I am super impressed with you!

Okay, that's all for today.  Hope you have a lovely night ahead!